Vintage IBM Thinkpad 770Z With SelectaBase 770 For Sale
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Vintage IBM Thinkpad 770Z With SelectaBase 770:
$217.29
Up for sale is a ThinkPad 770Z in quite decent condition for its age - with DVD rom + 1.44 floppy drive + SelectaBase 770 docking station and joystick included! The ThinkPad 770Z is prized by some as being the ultimate (final) machine from the 700 series lineup. This unit is in quite a good condition for its age, with the only non-cosmetic damage being the right latch no longer latches. The top of the rubberized coating is quite decent for a laptop this old. Of course, the main battery is no longer functional at all. See pictures for details.Included is the power supply, ethernet card, the 1.44 MB floppy drive, a SelectaBase 770 (which is in near perfect condition), the manual for the SelectaBase, the locking keys for the SelectaBase, as well as a joystick that can plug into the SelectaBase. Please note, I have no idea if the joystick can actually work with the 770Z - I was planning on eventually testing that, but never got around to it.
This model is apparently one of the 1024x768 versions - and seems to have a P2 366 MHz with 128 MB of ram. This machine has a working copy of Windows 98 installed, as well as Daemon tools and a pile of games. I managed to install the drivers for much of the system - including setting up the PCMCIA ethernet card (yes, you can browse the internet, and play Diablo multiplayer).
I bought and configured/played around with this system to find my personal \'ultimate vintage gaming machine\' - but in the end ultimately decided I personally prefer the A22m. On top of the fact that the A22m plays some early 3D titles I loved (RE1/RE2, Battlezone) which this cannot (no 3D acceleration), I personally find that the A22m is more stable with a lot of late dos games (NFS1), and that early DOS titles that were CPU clocked (Wing Commander) still run far too fast to be playable on a system like this. I assumed having a real ISA SoundBlaster on the 770Z would have been more compatible, but that turned out to be false (or just blame my lack of patience/skill?) ...
Anyway, a great system for vintage gamers or collectors alike!
